Borderline and Extent

Borderline

Borderline noun - The line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something.

Usage example: the actual borderline separating the two properties is now being disputed

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Extent and borderline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extent" instead a noun "Borderline".

Nearby Words: border, borderland

Extent noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

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Borderline and extent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Borderline" instead a noun "Extent".

Nearby Words: extend, extension

good	good borderline	good extent
large	large borderline	large extent
dark	dark borderline	dark extent
supernatural	supernatural borderline	supernatural extent
Other adjectives: major, possible, less, hilarious, different.

Several of Thomas Hardy's novels are borderline examples, but The Mayor of Casterbridge unquestionably qualifies, to the extent that it's been read as a reworking of Aristotle's principles in nineteenth-century rural England.

Source: Tragedy
Sometimes to the extent of being frighteningly racist and borderline fascist.

Source: Strongly Worded Letter
To a lesser extent, Cecil Barrett in the episode "Citizen Cecil," who goes on a borderline rampage against the crew who robbed his boss' casino just to recover the soccer playoff tickets they stole from him during the robbery, due to sounding Scottish.

Source: Violent Glaswegian

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